London Transport Board
The London Transport Board (LTB) was a transport authority that was responsible for local public transport in and around London from 1963 to 1969 . Like all traffic authorities in the years 1933 to 2000 it appeared under the brand name London Transport .
history
The LTB was created on January 1, 1963 when the Transport Act 1962 came into force and replaced the London Transport Executive (LTE). It was an independent public corporation under the UK Department of Transport.
In the mid-1960s, the LTB presented the so-called reshaping plan for London bus traffic, which was intended to counter the increase in costs and staff shortages with the help of the increased use of one-man buses (also in the inner city areas and in the settlement centers outside of it). To do this, many lines should be shortened and concentrated on the main areas of use. For this purpose, the use of single-deck buses with a high passenger capacity (very large proportion of standing room) with flat fares and the use of machines for passenger handling was planned. In 1966 it was planned to save 13,000 conductor services as a result. The use of conductorless double-deck buses was not yet permitted at that time, and the unions in particular spoke out against it. Nevertheless, there were attempts with new double-decker buses with double doors only at the front with the driver ( Leyland Atlantean / Daimler Fleetline ), with the latter driving one-man traffic with locked stairs to the upper deck during the low-traffic period.
In the city center was Red Arrow - rapid transit system (500 line number range) introduced its lines connected the main train stations directly to the City of London and Westminster. The AEC Merlin series single-decker buses (LTB code MBA) used here only had seats in the raised area behind the central door. The area in front of it was lower (at that time the low-entry bus with only one step in the bus) and entered from the front through two parallel turnstiles , into which you had to insert suitable coins (at that time sixpence pieces) for approval. There was a money changing machine above the wheel arch . The standing area with the handrails was up to the exit door in the middle. At the end of 1967 London Transport had 66,372 employees, of which 30,151 in the bus sector, 11,177 in the rail sector, 19,814 in the workshop sector and 1,814 in general administration. There were 73 bus depots with a total of 6520 buses, including 161 one-man cars, 4031 subway cars, 21 depots and train workshops, 227 stations with 200 escalators and 92 lifts .
On January 1, 1970, with the entry into force of the Transport (London) Act 1969, responsibility for local public transport in Greater London was transferred to the Greater London Council (GLC), bus transport outside the GLC area and the Green Line Coaches to the newly founded society London Country bus Services (LCBS, a subsidiary of the National bus company ).
literature
- John R. Day, John Reed: The Story of London's Underground , 10th Edition. Capital Transport, Harrow 2008. ISBN 978-1-85414-316-7 .
- TC Barker, Michael Robbins: A History of London Transport - the Twentieth Century to 1970 . George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1974
- Oliver Green, John Reed: The London Transport Golden Jubilee Book (1933–1983) . The Daily Telegraph, London 1983, ISBN 0-901684-96-1 (English)
- Michael HC Baker: London Transport since 1963 , Ian Allan Transport Library, Shepperton 1997, ISBN 0-7110-2481-2 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Barry Arnold, Mike Harris: Reshaping London's Buses . Capital Transport, Harrow Weald 1982, ISBN 0-904711-34-X (English)
- ^ Day, Reed: The Story of London's Underground. P. 172.